Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaria weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Zaria: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (64 km away). In September its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Zaria, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Zaria ranks joint 60th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 32nd of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Zaria is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Zaria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 13.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 110 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 150 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 233 | 25.9 | 12.512 h |
| September, selected | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 169 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 55 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
September in nearby cities
- Funtua in SeptemberNigeria · 64 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 164 mm rain
- Kaduna in SeptemberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Malumfashi in SeptemberNigeria · 76 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Lere in SeptemberNigeria · 123 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Kano in SeptemberNigeria · 131 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Gusau in SeptemberNigeria · 165 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Kafanchan in SeptemberNigeria · 181 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Kagoro in SeptemberNigeria · 182 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 323 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Zaria) is explained once on the Zaria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.